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2026 Coding Shifts Reshape Claims Through 418 CPT Changes and New ICD-10 Rules

As of January 1, 2026, the medical coding landscape has undergone its most significant transformation in years, with the AMA releasing 418 CPT changes and CMS finalizing updated ICD-10-CM guidelines ...
Healio

Updated CPT codes could reduce administrative burdens, ease physician burnout

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The AMA’s CPT update went into effect on Jan. 1. According to the organization, the update will free “physicians ...
Health Affairs

New Clinical Coding Guidelines Account For Patients’ Social Risk: We Should Do More To Ensure They Advance Health Care Quality And Equity

The new Medicare and Medicaid coding guidelines for office visits are a big deal. Ensuring that they benefit the people who need them is a bigger one. It is clearer now that the federal government and ...
Becker's Hospital Review

3 Steps Hospitals Must Take With Their Coding Compliance Policies

When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices? If revenue cycle teams are ...
Becker's ASC

Best Practices for Correct Coding and Billing of 5 GYN Procedures

Here are best practices and guidelines for the correct coding and billing of five common gynecology procedures performed in ASCs. Here are the guidelines for locating the correct/most precise ...